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Karen Uhlenbeck(1942)
MathematicsKaren Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair.
United StatesInstitute for Advanced Study
3
Major Awards
123
Publications
8,370
Citations
35
h-index
50
i10-index
68
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
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citations
#5
Transverse measures and best Lipschitz and least gradient maps
Journal of differential geometry(2020)
15
citations
#6
Removeability of a codimension four singular set for solutions of a Yang–Mills–Higgs equation with small energy
Surveys in Differential Geometry(2019)
10
citations
#10
Tau Functions and Virasoro Actions for soliton Hierarchies
Communications in Mathematical Physics(2016)
0
citations
Recent Publications
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Transverse measures and best Lipschitz and least gradient maps
Journal of differential geometry2020
15citations
Open AccessRemoveability of a codimension four singular set for solutions of a Yang–Mills–Higgs equation with small energy
Surveys in Differential Geometry2019
10citations
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The Mathematics of Richard Schoen
Notices of the American Mathematical Society2018
2citations
Open AccessTau Functions and Virasoro Actions for soliton Hierarchies
Communications in Mathematical Physics2016
0citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
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Richard Schoen
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
JG
James Gunn
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
RC
Robert C. Merton
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
BJ
Béla Julesz
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
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William H. Durham
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
AW
Adrian Wilson
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
AK
A. K. Ramanujan
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
WK
William Kennedy
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
CS
Charles S. Peskin
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
JH
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
RF
Randall Forsberg
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
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John Sayles
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
Education
University of Michigan(Bachelor of Arts)
Brandeis University(master's degree)
Brandeis University(doctorate)
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Doctoral Advisors
Caio José Colletti NegreirosRobert B. LockhartBonita Hart DriscollSteven SedlacekJames Wade McDonaldSteven Benjamin BradlowJohan RådeBrendan Sean GuilfoyleGeorgios DaskalopoulosFergus Rae O'DeaMark HaskinsLouis CraneAndre Luís Godinho MandolesiAntonella MariniJonathan Adam PoritzAlexander GoncalvesMichael Sebastian GagliardoAndrea Nicole YoungMagdalena CzubakRichard Palais
Career Timeline
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
University of California, Berkeley?–present
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign1971–1976
University of Illinois Chicago1976–1983
University of Chicago1983–1988
Positions & Roles
professor emeritus
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Degrees
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign2000
Books
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Ingrid Daubechies
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2023)
Robert Langlands
Abel Prize (2018)
Andrew Wiles
Copley Medal (2017)
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Subhash Khot
MacArthur Fellowship (2016)
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John Nash
Abel Prize (2015)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
MacArthur Fellowship (2015)
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Eric Lander
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
RC
Raj Chetty
John Bates Clark Medal (2013)
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